The 75-year-old, who has held the office four times before, won 165 votes – exceeding the 136 required – with 83 votes against him, parliament speaker Agni Sapkota said. He faces the immediate task of procuring vaccines and controlling the spread of COVID-19, which the government says has infected 667,109 people and killed 9,550. Public… Read More »
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The U.S. will give Taiwan 750,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, part of President Joe Biden’s move to share tens of millions of jabs globally, three American senators said Sunday, after the self-ruled island complained that China is hindering its efforts to secure vaccines as it battles an outbreak. Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth… Read More »
[unable to retrieve full-text content]In England, 65 children have needed urgent surgery after swallowing magnets in the last three years. BBC News – Health
Who paid for the AstraZeneca vaccine to be developed? The AstraZeneca vaccine was an international collaboration between researchers at Oxford University and officials with the pharmaceutical giant. AstraZeneca has handled synthesis and rollout from several locations, with many of the UK’s jabs coming from local centres. But the company did not provide the bulk of… Read More »
Whether the camera lies or not, Americans seeing their own faces on it as video-conferencing apps take the place of in-person conversations during the coronavirus pandemic, are craving cosmetic enhancement. Now that the option of elective surgeries has been restored, they’re crowding appointment books at a time when many other medical fields are trying to regain… Read More »